W. W. P by William Warren Prescott

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 18, 1902

W. W. P

By William Warren Prescott

In His parting words to His disciples the Saviour said, “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” Through the beloved disciple the same Saviour has said to us, “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.” The indwelling presence of Him who has conquered the world brings to us victory in advance. But Christ must dwell in our hearts by faith, and therefore “this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.” When we thus accept the wonderful provision which has been made for us, we can go out to the daily battles just as the children of Judah did under the leadership of Jehoshaphat, who “appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for His mercy endureth for ever.” They gained the victory over “the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir” when they believed the word of the Lord through Jahaziel, upon whom “came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation.” Then they went forth, singing the song of victory as they went, that there might be manifested in their experience the victory which they had already gained by their faith, and the Lord “made them to rejoice over their enemies.” The same faith in the victory offered to us in the word of promise makes it possible that “the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion.” Begin each day in fellowship with Jesus, with a will submitted to the will of God, and every thought brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and then go forth with singing to enjoy in your experience the fruit of the victory already gained. “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ.”